1. Of, relating to, situated at, or forming a limit, a boundary, an extremity, or an end. 2. Growing or appearing at the end of a stem, branch, stalk, or similar part. 3. 1 4. terminal inventories. 5. terminal cancer; terminal heart disease; a terminal patient. 6. A point or part that forms the end. 7. An ornamental figure or object placed at the end of a larger structure; a finial. 8. A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken. 9. A passive conductor at such a position used to facilitate the connection. 10. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; a terminus. 11. A station at the end of a transportation line or at a major junction on a transportation line. 12. A town at the end of a transportation line. 13. A device, often equipped with a keyboard and a video display, through which data or information can enter or leave a computer system.
